Table No. XLI., SHOWING PROPORTION PER CENT. of each AGE PERIOD to the TOTAL of all AGES, PROPORTION of MALES, FEMALES, and PERSONS to the TOTALS of all AGES at each QUINQUENNIAL PERIOD of AGE up to 60 YEARS, and thence DECENNIALLY to 100 YEARS and upwards, at the enumerations of 1886, 1891, and 1901 respectively.

PERIODS OF AGES.	1886.			1891.			1901.
	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.	Males.	Females.	Persons.
All Ages	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Under 1 year to 5 years	12.02	16.82	13.99	13.61	17.58	15.32	11.29	13.89	12.44
5 to 10 years	10.08	14.16	11.76	10.64	13.75	11.96	11.52	14.01	12.63
10 to 15 years	8.22	11.57	9.60	8.89	11.33	9.95	10.51	12.93	11.59
15 to 20 years	8.39	10.80	9.38	8.13	10.01	8.97	8.62	10.37	9.39
20 to 25 years	12.42	11.18	11.91	10.59	10.97	10.76	9.00	9.67	9.30
25 to 30 years	12.17	9.34	11.01	11.32	9.36	10.48	8.61	8.32	8.48
30 to 35 years	8.92	6.23	7.81	9.39	7.13	8.42	8.19	7.27	7.78
35 to 40 years	6.77	5.18	6.12	6.86	5.01	6.06	7.96	6.21	7.19
40 to 45 years	6.17	4.68	5.56	5.37	4.03	4.79	6.63	4.87	5.85
45 to 50 years	5.12	3.54	4.47	4.64	3.58	4.18	4.70	3.34	4.09
50 to 55 years	3.55	2.49	3.11	4.04	2.75	3.46	3.67	2.73	3.25
55 to 60 years	1.92	1.50	1.75	2.40	1.75	2.12	2.86	2.21	2.57
60 to 70 years	1.90	1.64	1.80	2.36	1.84	2.14	3.91	2.86	3.45
70 to 80 years	0.52	0.48	0.50	0.70	0.61	0.66	1.14	0.94	1.05
80 to 90 years	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.20	0.20	0.20
90 to 100 years	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
100 and upwards	Nil	Nil	Nil	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Age not specified	1.74	0.31	1.15	0.94	0.18	0.61	1.18	0.17	0.78